“Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel; There is debate within the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol over whether to seek testimony from the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas about her efforts to overturn the 2020 election”: Luke Broadwater, Jo Becker, Maggie Haberman, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson’s unflappable brilliance seals the deal. Confirm her swiftly.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“By trashing Jackson, the GOP magnified a right-wing court’s legitimacy problem”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Democrats urge Clarence Thomas to recuse himself after wife’s texts; Republicans continue to defend the justice’s integrity”: Amy B Wang and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post have this report.

“If every judge is an originalist, originalism is meaningless; Ketanji Brown Jackson is the latest liberal to embrace an approach once associated with conservatives”: Law professors Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule have this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites'”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Republicans won’t be satisfied with overturning Roe; Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing offered a glimpse of upcoming culture war fights at the court”: Law professor Melissa Murray has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Does the Supreme Court Deserve Ketanji Brown Jackson?” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“The Respectful Supreme Court Hearing That Wasn’t; Republicans’ hostile interrogation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and relentless re-litigating of past Supreme Court feuds marred a historic moment”: Carl Hulse had this front page news analysis in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court has a giant legitimacy crisis, which means so does America; A runaway Supreme Court facing a massive conflict-of-interest scandal and increasing politicization is testing faith in the American Experiment”: Columnist Will Bunch has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The Supreme Court’s Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Is Unprecedented; Justice Clarence Thomas voted to block the public from knowing more about his wife Virginia Thomas’s role in the January insurrection; It’s a crisis”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at Rolling Stone.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years”: Harry Enten of CNN has this news analysis.

“A New Abortion Battleground, in South Dakota; With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, could reproductive rights be shrunk to the size of a pill?” Peter Slevin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Republicans’ Wild Attacks at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing; The various moments when the Supreme Court nominee seemed to decide that she was not going to let herself be bullied were fascinating to watch”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.